Here is a straight up simple recipe that you may enjoy making with your children. If the adult handles the cutting and the oven work the youngsters can have some fun with the seasoning and mixing and in the end they will have a somewhat healthy bowl of croutons that they can put on a…
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Chef Hacker On Why All Cooking Is Hacking
Someplace at some point along the timeline of human history someone moved beyond simply picking fruit and popping it into their mouth and decided to take things to the next level. Thus, cooking and, I propose, hacking began. The Evolution of “Hack” The word “hack” can have a lot of different meanings. Before the days…
Caramel Star Chocolate Milk
Who doesn’t love an ice cold glass of chocolate milk? (I know, probably lots of folks, but it’s a much loved expression so I’m going with it!) I found out about this hacked version of chocolate milk from one of my great-nephews. I was describing the principals behind Chef Hacker Kitchen and he got it…
String Beans and Potatoes
When I was a child my Mom worked in the restaurant business. At various times and often simultaneously, her roles included, waitress, hostess, menu editor and restaurant manager. Although she was always home when I woke up in the morning, by the time I returned from school she had already logged a lunch shift and…
“Commercial” Baked Ziti With Meat Sauce
Why do I use “commercial” to describe this dish? Because it was designed to enable 100 different people to individually prepare and package 10 servings of consistent taste and quality to be delivered, ready to be heated and served by a completely different group of people. But don’t worry about having to eat a massive…
Asian Salmon Burger
We love salmon. Especially grilled salmon. So one day when my brother-in-law served us a shrimp dish along with Asian Cole Slaw it got me thinking about just how good that slaw would taste as accompaniment to a similarly seasoned salmon burger. Just to illustrate how even a foodie like my alter ego, Chef Hacker,…
The Pizza Principal
My(π) > Your(π) If you have lived in more than one area during your life you may have experienced a human characteristic that can be used to traverse an interesting culinary journey. The journey is one of both cooking and eating and it opens the door to new tastes and new creations. I call it…